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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 12002

A cut or wound on the trunk, arms, legs, scalp, neck, or a similar area is cleaned and closed with a single layer of stitches. This version covers a wound that is a bit longer than the smallest size handled with this type of simple repair.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound cost?

$470

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$115$72.44 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$174 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $95 to $794Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $59 to $457
$100$1K$10Kfacility $355professional $115

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$162.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 19.6 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Mexico· 39th of 51

$470

$115 physician + $355 facility

CA $4,618MD $235

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.